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  • The dinner ended in a cloud of tension.

  • On the drive home, Lysander steered in stony silence while Navier gazed out the window, feeling

  • nothing but emptiness.

  • Then came the screech of tires.

  • Both looked up to see a car careening out of control straight toward their lane.

  • Before Navier could react, there was a deafening crash. Their car lurched violently, then everything

  • spun.

  • Navier’s head slammed against the window. Darkness rushed in, swallowing her whole.

  • Somewhere in the haze, she heard Lysander’s ragged breathing.

  • Forcing her eyes open, she saw his arm stretched across her body as if to shield her.

  • A flicker of warmth ignited in her chest.

  • But the next moment, her heart turned to ice.

  • Lysander wasn’t shielding her at all–he was protecting the necklace lying next to her–the one Ophelia Belmont had given him.

  • Blood smeared across the delicate silver chain, and Lysander didn’t even seem to notice his own

  • injuries.

  • A thin crack ran through the necklace. His eyes flashed with distress as he pulled out his phone and

  • made a call.

  • best restoration expert. I need a

  • her, Navier felt an indescribable wave of desolation wash over

  • covered in blood, in too much pain to move–yet

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  • ambulance. Instead, he staggered out of the car, focused only on repairing

  • blurred, her

  • thing she saw before

  • Was his back.

  • the operating room, harsh lights shone down on Navier’s pale face.

  • she heard a nurse’s anxious voice. “We can’t reach her husband! No one’s here to sign the consent form for surgery!”

  • this condition? What could possibly be more important than his wife’s

  • smile twisted Navier’s

  • and anything associated with her obviously

  • his wife’s

  • Navier whispered, her voice

  • nurse hesitated but had no other option, finally

  • her blood–covered hand and shakily signed her name

  • drained

  • how much time had passed when she finally woke up.

  • in all that time–Lysander never once

  • he was busy with the necklace’s restoration.

  • still far

  • wheelchair.

  • a

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